Pothos Plant Leaves Turning YELLOW?

Pothos plant leaves turn yellow most commonly due to a light deficiency. You most likely are keeping the plant somewhere in your house that’s not getting enough sunlight. Maybe try moving your Pothos plant to a position in your house that receives more adequate sunlight. The Pothos plant is labeled as a low light plant but it still needs adequate amount of sunlight.

If you believe that your Pothos plant is not needing more light it could possibly be getting water too much. It’s very common for beginner Plante Keepers to water there Pothos plants to heavily. Make sure to fill the soil in the Pothos plant and make sure that it’s not too absorbed with water.

Another reason your Pothos plant could be having yellow leaves is due to the leaves being at the end of their lifecycle. There does come a time when every single leaf on the Pothos plant is going to die eventually. So some of the leaves are dying you can’t beat yourself up over because you have no control. One trick to know if the leaves are turning yellow due to the end of its lifecycle is if it’s one leaf or if it’s a group of leaves. A group of yellow leaves on the plant will tell you that it’s not the end of a lifecycle.

It is also sad that the leaves can turn yellow due to excessive amounts of sunlight. But this is almost going to look like a lighter shade of white green. Not a yellow coloration like the true color yellow.

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